Results

Almost a month since my last post - and what a month it's been! At the end of May, I finished my final undergraduate degree exams and officially entered my summer break (which for me, means more work to be honest - I have tuition fees to raise!). A couple of weeks after finishing my exams, I left the UK for a week to go visit a friend in Switzerland and reward myself for finishing the degree. While I was there, I got my results.

For those of you who don't know me so well, you should realise that I am a bit of a weirdo. Actually, let's face it, even people who don't know me so well already know that. What you should know is that I hate receiving exam results. I don't get anxious for exams, but I am a nervous wreck when it comes to finding out how I've done. I've always said that you can give me any number of exams and I'll sit them with no problem, just don't make me look at the outcome. Luckily, being on holiday definitely reduced the anxiety, largely as I didn't have internet access for most of the day. But, I needn't have worried anyway. I finished my degree with straight firsts in all of my modules, with 85% in both my dissertation and neuroscience modules. Phew!

Of course, I am very happy with having a first class degree overall, but what matters more to me is my overall degree percentage. I wouldn't have been content with a first class at only 70%, so I set myself a goal of 80% overall. It was achievable, providing I had excellent grades overall (and I was a little thrown by my clinical psychology modules to be honest). So, imagine my joy when I calculated my final grade at 81.45%! It's a completely arbitrary figure really, but I'm incredibly pleased nonetheless.

I'd be happy to leave my degree results there, but today I received more news. Along with my great grades, it seems I've also won a few prizes! I received the prize for the best placement year grades - something I was hoping for, but wasn't sure I'd get - and (even better) the British Psychological Society Undergraduate Award for the highest overall degree grade on graduation. If I was pleased with my results, I'm ecstatic now! The BPS award in particular is my second prize from the organisation, having previously been awarded the A-Level prize for my psychology grade at college. Both are huge achievements, and I feel very proud of my hard work over the years.

So, the last thing remaining is my graduation in two weeks. I'm looking forward to wearing the ridiculous outfit and finally picking up my certificate - it's been a long time coming, and it's a great way to celebrate the past four years. Let's just hope I don't fall over in the cathedral!